Cassubian

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Katherine Roberts wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am a student of Slavonic Studies at Cambridge University, England,
> and I was wondering if any of you knew of any literature that I could
> read about Cassubian?  I'm interested in the issue of whether it's a
> dialect of Polish or a separate language.

It's far more commonly spelled "Kashubian" (683,000 vs. 5,850 hits on 
Google); you'll have better luck researching if you look for that spelling.

Quick overview here with several good links at the bottom:
<http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kashubian.htm>

Kashubian version of wikipedia:
<http://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prz%C3%A9dn%C3%B4_starna>

Short overview of early Kashubian linguistics and dialectology (careful, 
long URL!):
<http://books.google.com/books?id=CTtT7-JTwioC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=kashubian+slovincian+polish+history&source=web&ots=jZ0NQ0SBdv&sig=dp33QxsTUXXAuROL23n3Zvq0mYk&hl=en#PPA130,M1>

Title page of above work:
<http://books.google.com/books?id=CTtT7-JTwioC&printsec=titlepage&dq=kashubian+slovincian+polish+history&source=gbs_toc_s&cad=1>

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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